Inventor · Bellevue, WA, US

Brian MacDonald

18Patents
9h-index
50Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: May 15, 1996 → Mar 10, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5923848A System and method for resolving names in an electronic messaging environment Electricity 328 Expired
US6057841A System and method for processing electronic messages with rules representing a combination of conditions, actions or exceptions Physics 310 Expired
US5917489A System and method for creating, editing, and distributing rules for processing electronic messages Physics 269 Expired
US6549950B2 Method for automatically tallying voting data in e-mail systems Electricity 59 Expired
US8335784B2 Visual search and three-dimensional results Physics 40 Active
US6993563B2 System and method for composing, processing, and organizing electronic mail message items Electricity 25 Expired
US8190601B2 Identifying task groups for organizing search results Physics 24 Active
US6243721A Method and apparatus for providing automatic layout capabilities for computer forms Physics 22 Expired
US8626784B2 Model-based searching Physics 12 Active
US5946691A Method of presenting, storing, and updating a filing identifier for a data record Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US9436764B2 Navigation to popular search results Physics 5 Active
US9405856B2 Task-oriented query-completion suggestions with shortcuts Physics 4 Active
US8572074B2 Identifying task groups for organizing search results Physics 3 Active
US8769399B2 Aiding search-result selection using visually branded elements Physics 1 Active
US9619554B2 Domain specific query-completion suggestions Physics 1 Active
US9652537B2 Identifying terms associated with queries Physics 1 Active
US8694505B2 Table of contents for search query refinement Physics 1 Active
US10162869B2 Table of contents for search query refinement Physics 0 Active

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